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Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1)
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 18:39 by Craig Murray
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205785533 - Comments: "Walking by when Spencer Sand Larry B called me over to view continuing bird in willow thicket on 6th St. Good looks at perched female type hummingbird with prominent white eyebrow stripe and dark patch behind eye. Reddish decurved bill."
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1)
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 13:10 by Spencer Seale
- stakeout Painted Bunting (Carpinteria Sanitary District, 2023-2024), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.517327&<ll...>,-119.517327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205770331 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female-type. Initially heard unique “tetek” chatter call, and then saw a greenish hummingbird with a pale gray underside. After I got bins on it, I noticed that it had a relatively long, broad, and decurved bill with a fleshy-toned underside. It had a green backside, a well-defined pale supercilium, a dusky patch below eye, and a dark blue tail with white tips. It was perched in the willows along 6th St (34.39376, -119.51816). Observed with Larry and Craig."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 08:30 by Pamela Viale
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205783855 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Large heron with long sharp bill, crept out of the reeds and crouched for several minutes. Coppery striped chest, brown wings with dark primary feathers."
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 07:45 by Lynn Scarlett
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205774826 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "continuing at Whittier Pond; came out of reeds, rusty brown/white stripes on neck, black streak on neck, patterned brown back--see photos"
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 07:45 by Adrian O'Loghlen
- UCSB North Campus Open Space (formerly Ocean Meadows Golf Course), Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8792197&<ll...>,-119.8792197 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205775162 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "continuing at Whittier Pond; came out of reeds, rusty brown/white stripes on neck, black streak on neck, patterned brown back--see photos"
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 11:25 by Kevin S
- Coal Oil Point, Devereux Beach, Sands Beach, and bluff trails, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8783064&<ll...>,-119.8783064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205759526 - Media: 1 Photo, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Recorded vocalizing with sharp chittering. Large beak, no white tip of rectrices, duller tail feathers than cassins. Observed antagonizing a Cassin's Kingbird then perched on wires at Coal oil point by docent lodging.
34.4076479, -119.8781662"
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 10:00 by Hugh Ranson
- Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6650739&<ll...>,-119.6650739 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205759436 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "A small oriole feeding on eugenia fruits. Overall a very yellow and green bird. The underparts were a clear, fairly bright yellow, not fading at the belly. The back was a grayish-green. The tail feathers, when viewed from below, were of even length. The wing bars were white and contrasty. The bill was relatively short and straight, with a slight downcurve at the tip. The oriole called once, a rich "chup" unlike the reedier "chet" of a Hooded."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 11:14 by Kelly Krechmer
- Mission Creek--SB Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7149599&<ll...>,-119.7149599 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205787358 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Pretty sure this is a Tennessee rather than an Orange-crowned. Unfortunately, couldn’t get a better photo than what is attached. It was foraging the trees of the museum parking lot."
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